“A strong India and a strong Japan can come together and I think we can do wonders. I am confident that there is tremendous potential for cooperation between the two nations,” Abe said while addressing industry associations here.

Commerce minister Anand Sharma said the visit of the Japanese Prime Minister would redefine the Asia-Pacific region politically, strategically and economically. Besides the focus on the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor, the government is in talks with Japan on the Amritsar-Calcutta industrial corridor.

The Japanese team consists of heads of companies such as Toshiba, Mitsui, Daiichi Sankyo, East Japan Railway, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and Hitachi.